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Empowering Institutional Project Management

Insights & Strategies for Institutional PM Consulting

Our Services

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Mega-Project & Capital Program Management
Owner’s-side leadership for complex builds — from stage-gate planning to turnover.

 

Core Services

Owner’s Rep / Project Management /  Project Director
Align scope, budget, schedule, and stakeholders from day one. Run governance, decisions, and risk so delivery teams can execute.

Program & PMO-in-a-Box
Stand up a lean PMO for $500M–$5B+ programs: stage-gates, dashboards, EVMS, risk burn-down, decision logs, and portfolio reporting.

Preconstruction Advisory
Feasibility, phasing, risk registers, and target value design. Early constructability and long-lead strategy to cut RFIs, rework, and claims.

Procurement & Contract Strategy
RFQ/RFP authoring, evaluations, and award support. Choose and negotiate the right model (LS / GMP / CM / EPC) for risk and outcomes.

Risk & Schedule Recovery
Critical path triage, forensic schedule review, and governance reset. Stabilize cost and time, then return to plan with a clear cadence.

Construction Phase Leadership
Change control, cost/schedule KPIs, site logistics, safety culture, stakeholder comms. Field-first realism with executive-level reporting.

Commissioning & Turnover
Cx plans, training, O&M, deficiency closeout. Clean handover so operations start day-one with confidence.

 

Engagement Models

  • Diagnostics Sprint (2 weeks): Independent assessment → risks, opportunities, and a 90-day action plan.

  • Precon Accelerator (4–6 weeks): Feasibility, phasing, procurement roadmap, and baseline KPIs.

  • PMO-in-a-Box (3–12 months): We set up governance, dashboards, cadence, and coach internal teams.

  • Turnaround (8–12 weeks): Distressed project triage; schedule/cost recovery path.

  • On-Call Counsel (retainer): Fractional project director for reviews, gates, and key negotiations.

 

How We Work

Discover — mandate, constraints, success metrics
Plan — risk register, phasing, procurement strategy
Mobilize — long leads, schedule, controls stack, cadence
Govern — dashboards, change board, earned-value & risk burn-down
Closeout — commissioning, training, O&M, lessons learned

 

What You Get 

  • Stage-gate plan, risk register, and decision log

  • Procurement pack (RFQ/RFP, evaluation matrix, award memo)

  • Cost/schedule dashboard (EVMS-ready) and reporting cadence

  • Recovery roadmap (critical path, mitigation, commercial strategy)

  • Commissioning & turnover checklist, training & O&M index

 

Operating Model

Remote-first with targeted 2–3-day site visits at milestones; extended rotations as needed. Time-zone flexible; global travel supported.

 

Sectors & Scale

Airports • Dams/Water • Health/Education • Housing • Civic/Cultural • Resort/Marina • Heritage/High-rise
Typical engagement: $500M–$5B+ programs (and complex $100M+ assets).

 

FAQ 

Pricing?

Fixed-fee sprints, monthly retainers, or day rates for turnarounds — aligned to scope and risk.
Contract forms?

We are comfortable with owner/consultant or vendor agreements and help select LS/GMP/CM/EPC for a good fit.
IP & data?

Client owns all work product. We use your collaboration tools or provide secure alternatives.
Travel?

Planned site rotations with clear deliverables; emergency travel available.
Languages/time zones?

North America & Europe friendly; APAC on request.

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